As nouns the difference between sidle and sile
is that sidle is a sideways movement while sile is a column; pillar.
As verbs the difference between sidle and sile
is that sidle is to move sideways while sile is to strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
As a proper noun Sile is
an alternative spelling of Sheila|lang=en.
sidle
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A sideways movement.
A furtive advance.
Verb
(sidl)
To move sideways.
To advance in a furtive, coy or unobtrusive manner.
* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter VIII
, passage=At an early point in these exchanges I had started to sidle' to the door, and I now ' sidled through it, rather like a diffident crab on some sandy beach trying to avoid the attentions of a child with a spade.}}
Derived terms
* sidle up
Related terms
* sideling, sidling
* sidelong
See also
* crablike
References
sile
English
Proper noun
(head)
Anagrams
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